Confronting Marginalisation — Social Studies STD 8 — Question

1. The social marginalization of Muslims has led to them migrating from places where they have lived, often beading to ghettoisation of the community. Due to this marginalization the literacy rate of Muslims is also very low as compared to other communities and the public employment of Muslims is also very low. This prejudice leads to hatred and violence.
2. Losing their lands and access to the forest means that tribals lose their main sources of livelihood and food. Having gradually lost access to their traditional homelands, many adivasis have migrated to cities in search of work where they are employed for very low wages in local industries or at building or construction sites. They, thus, get caught in the cycle of poverty and deprivation. 45 percent of tribal groups in rural areas and 35 percent in urban areas live below the poverty line. This leads to deprivation. In other areas. Many tribal children are malnourished. Literacy rates among tribals are also very low.

There exists interconnectedness between the economic and social dimensions of tribal life. Destruction in one sphere naturally impacts the other often this process of dispossession and displacement can be painful and violent.